cob

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Recent Examples of cob Sweet corn on the cob (Iowa) Arguably Iowa’s most iconic summer food. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2025 Cut the kernels from the corn cobs and put them in a bowl; refrigerate. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 16 July 2025 Cut corn kernels from the cob using a sharp knife; discard cobs. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2025 Unlike materials like cob, straw bale is adopted in the California residential building code. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for cob
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cob
Noun
  • Ride bareback on a steed into the Indian Ocean with the popular Swimming with Horses activity, try healing equine therapy with the gentle creatures or partake in yoga, massage or reiki that all involve horses.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But for all its stylistic brio and an overall mesmerizing look, in which even throwaway visuals (like the icy corpse of a solider frozen to his battlefield steed) sear themselves into your memory, Frankenstein remains the simple, direct story of a man and his nonbiological offspring.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Much like her idol Marlene Dietrich, Novak walked away from the business under her own steam, and has largely kept to herself, marrying an equine veterinarian and busying herself raising horses and painting.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Yes, equine therapy is billable.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Here, Ne Zha 2 succeeds wildly; locales such as a heavenly city made entirely of jade and a towering, bamboo-verdant waterfall are rendered with genuinely beautiful texture and detail.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The clocks also exude the elegant Art Deco feel that Cartier developed in that era, with materials such as rock crystal, onyx, mother-of-pearl, jade, and gemstones adding a sense of luxury.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is the epitome of mare e montagna (mountain and sea).
    Erica Firpo, AFAR Media, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But the path to the winner’s circle might be a bit more difficult for the 5-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo in the 1 1/8-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kahaku is also a member of the Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word skate team, a nonprofit sponsored by the American Skateboarding Association that focuses on giving girls and women in skateboarding opportunities, funding and recognition.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • After hanging up his skates, Dryden continued to have a significant impact on hockey.
    Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • A lot of plug from the linebackers.
    Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But New England’s grid operator warned the decision to pull the plug on the Rhode Island wind farm threatens the reliability of the region’s electric grid.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Participants can pay $20 for a 20-ticket activity and ride voucher that can be redeemed for amusement rides, the giant slide, kiddie bumper boats, make your own scarecrow, a pig slide, pony rides and pumpkin bowling.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • These include the Plume loafers, the Easy tote bag in leather and pony hair, as well as the Retro Crest sneakers and mountain-style boots.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Horses — selectively bred by humans over millennia — lack this response and will just keep pumping out foals.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
  • The first foal to reach the shore receives a special title—either King or Queen Neptune, depending on its gender—and is given away via a raffle.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 July 2025

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“Cob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cob. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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